Forcepad Controlled Puppet
Technology in Rural and Remote Environments
Visualization and Navigation for Off-Screen Objects
Style by Demonstration (2013)
  • A Touchscreen Interface for Controlling a Robotic Arm
  • The Roomba Mood Ring: An Ambient-Display Robot (2012)
  • Gendered Perceptions of Interactive Robots
  • Affective Flying-Robot Motions via the Laban Effort System
  • A Dog Tail for Robots
  • Work Practices and Tool Use of Expert Mathematicians (2013)
  • Style by Demonstration (2013)
  • Visualization and Navigation for Off-Screen Objects
  • Technology in Rural and Remote Environments
  • Explanations in Intelligent Interactive Systems
  • Forcepad Controlled Puppet
  • How to Walk a Robot (2011)
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Students and professors working in the lab are committed to exploring new and innovative research areas in human-computer interaction.


We are currently carrying out research in a number of a different fields including:

  • Large interactive surfaces and displays

  • Mobile devices

  • Human-robot interaction

  • Software complexity and learnability

  • Visual analytics

  • Intelligent interactive systems

  • Novel input devices

  • Several other areas of HCI research

News & Announcements

April 23, 2013 | Launch of new website for HCI lab

The new website for HCI lab has been launched. Please visit this website to learn about the people, research, projects and all the latest news about the HCI lab.

April 15, 2013 | CrashAlert in the MIT Tech Review

CrashAlert was covered by the MIT Tech Review. Click here for details.

March 18, 2013 | This is the fixed news section!

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